Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 21 December 1948 — Page 12

THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

Too, GM Says rive Corporations

day's new automobiles,

mobile company *5 sent. two autos, » along with three vice presidents, . to make clear at the congression- | al hearing on | corporation prof- CY : its that the auto- "5% “os pabile-buyer; 100, wa is getting a siz-§ _ able benefit out of the current Mr. Richert state of affairs. To illustrate this point, genial executive Vice President M. E. Coyle had procured at Madison, Ind., a 1929 four-door Buick which was shipped to Detroit, outfitted

1048 Chevrolet four-door sedan in

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day is getting more automobile _than the buyer of a comparably J" priced Buick In 1920. : ~~ Cites Comparisons Mr. Coylé pointed out that the) “1048 Chevrolet - has 90 horse-| wer as compared with the ick's 74: that the Chevrolet wilt go 81.8 miles ‘an hour while the top Buick speed ‘was only 65: that the Chevrolet will make! nearly 23 miles to the gallon of | ] line at 30-mile speed While the Buick would make leds than) 15 at the same speed. 5 ited a long list of other) co ns in Chevrolet's favor and said’that in addition its price] “includes a number of . features i the 1920 Buick: All

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Steel body, fot brakes, safety

compartment, ete. , ©

dealer handling, He said But

: Prevent Check He said that the Clayton anti-

- a recent anti-trust n had made it Im-

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r profits are! "or "too low" it was the! _« ment and that any time the pricey.

ould have easily been obtained, said Ye would like to sell the 1929 Buick to one of the fommitiee. members... None seemed {nterested.

“ ~ EXPENSES ADE YECEIPLS TOF the Surrent fiscal year through Dee. 17, oon] El et Last Year Expenses $16,405,300 885 $16,338,208, 683 Receipts 16,613,342°183 17,208.230,878

a FETA A06 B04 257 Gold Reserve 2 $1 hoon 22,72 ~- FNIEANA

~. UNITED STATES WEATHER BUREAU

h 00, | 2a Sunrise 1: Sunset, Précipitation 24 hrs, : 5 30 ». m, Trace i ——— mp eosprmien Total precipitation sities Jan. 1...... 40 56! Excess Since Jan. J... iioiiiiviiinin 82

The following table shows the temperatute Jesterday in other ecitjes: ation

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“profits” for the consumer in to-

This Buick, Mr. Coyle told the) Weights from 220 to 250 pounds , probers, had brought General Mo-\chowed a weakening at prices). They called attention to their Aors $1320. The Chevrolet, hei rrom $20.50 to $21.50. Prices from order of Oct. 12, which will figure sald, brings the company $1280.319.25 to $20.50 were paid for 250(10 puch ap investigation dnd supPoint of the comparison wasito 200 pounders. A few 300 to/Ports Mr. Maguire's contention that the 1948 Chevrolet is a much|350 pounders brought $18.50 to Sat the Kemp. charges are “pure

_ Mr. Coyle made 1} cleah.that the cents. above yesterday's trend, he quoted ron the 1929 especially in-low grade classes of 5s winter emergency ‘Texas

€COwWS, canners and cutters. i 5 A : were. the manufacturer's list The bulk of medium to good | Lastern ransriis yo Corr. Sat

price, excluding freight, taxes and g

~~ Bulck and the 1948 Chevrolet beef

and’ other GM cars had made at $17.50, as canners and cutters ;; " comparable advances. [brought $14 to $17. Fr Susumens.

Mr. Coyle said GM currently|$35; common and medium at $24 tatf of th ion f was making 8% cents profit on|to $32; culls at $18.50 to $24, ate ee mugen fom each dollar of goods sold a som. odd underweights dropped to $14..and by such distributing comTents on cach " sales in the weak at $18 to $24. . - Pai’ Show thal Jak 4ay Iu

Te sompared to Aho totall que pute or native wooled milion cuble, feet, and that in 28 ine Hambs led sheep trade.with prices|s0 estimating firm requirements cents on each $1--2 rg on the Wendy at $2340 pa, Me a porn fig ie “Ho said that In respec {s the(S9040- 0 $2230, ‘aa-_common Ame Whatever for ntersipt "market place which passes judg.|?2_ 0 108-pound féd -western Declare Dividend

} = T : + — _ got too high the public would put|oWes ranged from $7to $9, steady COLUMBUS, Ind., Dec. 21 —Ad

WASHINGTON. Dec. 3 (UP) —Oovern: .

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grate Tale TEPC to Offer

(UP) — Assistant District At- | torney John Kane dug out an ancient. common law offense | ; to obtain &n indictment against | .

John Abele, 22, j

The indictment read: “He did unlawfully lurk ‘about and ds er privily ‘and secretly listen in |

about'the, windows of a dwelling

house With Intent to Hear what 1 was shid and then. tattle it Kemp's Charges

abroad.” | Kalled ‘Pure Bunk’

Mr. Kane told Judge Edwin “ By DAN KIDNEY ve 0. .Lewis that Mr. Abele, ries Bal Votes

SerippsWASHINGTON, Deo, 21-—-Gen-| loitered around the house of ‘a | WASHINGTON, Dec. 21—Coneral Motors says there are large, girl during a party to which he |Sressman-elect Andrew Jacobs of Indianapolis will be given a court rebuked Mr. Abele and [copy of a Federal Power Com1 dismissed the Indictment. mission order which requires Pane

had not heen invited. The

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Panhandle sources of supply.

. ) | Phat will be part of the an- : Ig fp [swer to’ a request for an investi[gation of charges made by Thomjag. _L. Kemp, general manager. of the Citizens Gas ana Coke Co.,

.. Choice Grades Hit 1 ihe Citizens Gas ang Coke Co, 3 that Panhandle is refusing to cu Top. of $22.25 them in on their pipelines -unless Hog prices dropped. slightly to-/they in turn permit Panhandle to

lday in moderately active uneven|CUt- in on the Indianapolis mo-

trade in the Indianapolis Stock:"*P*Y" Laken

[yards, although Mghtweight prices) =, a ar Kemp made these held steady with yesterday's charges last week and W. G.

trend, Maguire, Panhandle board chair-| ‘1 and repaired so that it would 190k! Gs54 and cholce grades, 160 to Man, denied them. from. New respectable parked next to & neW|sa0 pounds remained steady at YOPK. Mr. Jacobs asked FPC to|

$21.50 to $22. The practical top investigate. His letter containing

front of the Senate Office build- ,.ice $22 25 was paid-for weights the request was received here late

yesterday and ‘routed through

215 pounds and less, po ! proper channels FPC reported,

better car than the 1920 Bulck~— $19, as bidding on big weights DUK. - that the buyer of a Chevrolet to-| dropped to $18. | A-request for FPC to give InWeights from 100 to 160 pounds dianapolis natural gas was filed}.

sold at $18 te $21, Although not | With the commission on July 14, fully established trade was re-/Dut no action Nas beén taken on corded, sow sales showed a 25 to|lt: Reason given is that present 50 cent drop to-sell at $15.50 to Customers cannot be supplied with $17. A few good lightweights available facilities, so no: new reached above $17. {ones are being added at this time. In cattle trade, steers and, The FPC gas allotment order, heifer sales remained strong, which Mr. Jacobs will become with medium and good grades of acquainted with through his. reheifers. and yearlings showing/quest for an investigation, is an full $1 higher prices than late emergency measure covering gas last week.’ f allocations for the winter period. Bring $30 High | It discloses that the “designed A load of average good to Sales capacity of the pipeline

cholce grade steers, medium | a¢ilities of Panhandle was esti-

weights, brought $30. A load of milion cubic feet of natural gas top-half good grades reached $20. per day, and that no increases in rous- loads ‘of medium to/such sales. capacity ecdn be ex-

r-wheel hydraulic/g06d 650 to 900-pound yearlings PeCted until Feb. 1, 1949. at the, Meek | The thug took off “Iike a bolt ASS, sealed-bearm Bnd heifers sold at $2650 to| earliest, at... Which time an 1948 Draft Act headlights, ‘automatic spark ad-|326.50 in small lots. Prices from vance, voltage regulator, low $20 to $24 were paid for common |

" to ] , increase its system sales capacity press tires, bulit-in luggage '0 Just-medium yearlings. [by approximately 40 million cybie

Cow prices jumped 25 to 50 feet per day.”

ades sold at $17.75 to $18.50.(cubie feet of natural leu gas per day | ommon to medium grades sold tor the account of Panhandle or

Order Tells Why

Sausage Bulls * - x ; The order set i In steady bull trade, good heavy oliows— 8 out why as|

sausage bulls sold at $23.50, .The § bulk held at $20 to $200 goa Estimates of: iii require-

ments (based on zero degree]

sible for the company to exer- heavy bulls sold at prices temperature) to meet the con-!

as close a supervision of from §21 ’ \sumer demands of distributi Site prices charged by dealers.as it... Vealers remained steady. Good companies ney es - would like to do. - and choice grades held at $32 10 handle system, as compiled by the |

. quirements for the winter season Sheep Trade of 1948-48 will approximate 520

Three decks of good and choice,

ambs sold at $24.50. “Slaughter mes. Biste Berries

T600; cattle; 1700; chives; $00, and will “be made Decs207 to" stovk== Santa Claus didn't say whetheri member clast fall. He formeriy# sheep, 1225. ‘ holders of record Friday. ete

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“ones handle Eastern Pipeline Co. to [supply more natural gas to cus-

* » Ho Prices Di {tomers this winter than they esti-| {mate will he available through

mated by - Panhandle at 425|N, Tilinols St. the burglar began looting a display of fine watches.

handle hopes to have ins alled’ .p E b to police. i |additional Tacilities which win Omits Jobs Right Two squads of police: searched

The order then shows that for

ES ain star today. . Jgsed an’ old “standby” to gain]

supplied from the Pan- the statutes have expired. Other

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Mr. Byrne ‘Puts Heat’ on Hot-Footed Thiol

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Photo by John Spicklemire, Times Staff Photographer.

. Jeweler John L..Byrne . .. & burglar called. {

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Nab Former

sentence for the jailbreak.

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Lada Faces Possible

{barbed wire fence of the stock-|Jefferson Nationsi Life com ., 12 1" {ade Saturday night in a bid for fd, 60 freedom, and -had been sought

| Lk He now faces a possible 10-year Marmon-Herringion ¢ as t MR

Lt. "Col. Thomas Lancer, U. 8./N ‘Ind Pub [provost marshal, said Lada ‘was|.N jou

nuts Pa Corp com ... *American States pfd ,. American States pf A... Jrrshire Col com

Eng pf 10-Year Sentence. Conualidated nd com BERLIN, Dec. 21 (UP)—For-| Delta Hioeerie somss 10 sie 14 mer paratrooper Edward J. Lada It Weyne-Jackson:RR ptd ... Sh bd jof Newark, N. I. who cracked kert.jones ci A prd ..iorei do id" {the "Berlin blockade for love io Hook, Tel & Tel 75 pd nn Ry not one but two German girls, | i Drvg Oo com .... 2a 24% 1 : on wis captured today by American nd Ons & Wa Bg 13% hr military police and criminal in- Jo8 & Mich B él . 04.» vestigation agents. | Windpls P&L4% pd... #8 Lada, whose ‘involved love-life/ joy bh or 3% pid. i es 11% landed him in the Army stockade indpls Water 5% pid ..... 106 108% 4 , «| *In ater 4%% pid... here two weeks ago, hurdied a; ucpls Water 4%e% pid loi 108

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Private planes will be able t0|indbis Pat Shs To. 0.108 106°" cross national boundaries with-/Ind Asse Tel 3s 75.... . i» out a previously obtained permit] investors: T8icanones us 81.5" {if recommendations of the Inter- Kuhner Packing 4s 6.. {national Civil Organization are {accepted by the 48 member na-

{caught hiding in the house of af R Mallory SOM. +}r.0ve ven $4 314 | b | Tess un ada vr {German girl. She was neither of Put Serv of na (new) com.. 19% 1% the two with whom the former Pub Serv Ind 3% prd Pa 82% paratrooper had been involved ss ind GaE No 7 we | previously, but was a friend of Shey. ven Samp i 1% : | ely~-Van Cam . one of them, dark-haired Ruth Serre Haute Malleabls 12 Riecki, the unwed mother of 3 8 Machine com ..... 2 Lada’s 2-year-old daughter, ‘Union Tite Cor. hy Nancy, f BONDS The other woman in Lada's life Advanee Saint 5 n deindias 2 sree ’ v , en cx a annum x .- (was Ursula Schmidt. slim YOUng American Loan $48 60. oeies 81 - {blonde he met while stationed American Loan, Hig 58.000. OM seen ere on occupation duty. It wasich of Com Bide s%es ... 0 95 0 {his desire to marry her that led Citizens Ind Tel 4%s 61 ~101 “ren to his original arrest. | Delt Son Bh 0% : o —~ fs — | ' see (INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT |i Cimcoions 4 75. i 88 @°

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A "Yule Spray" of Bullets Greets Gem Store Robber

. : Si ; V.indow-Smashing. Burglar’ Surprised | By Owner Working Late on Packages | There was a surprised and unhappy burglar prowling on N. {Illinois St. early today. After -smashing the window of Byrne's Jewelry Store, 3752

He was greeted by a hail of bullets fired by John L. Byrne, | owner of ‘the (store, who had been working all night getting out! (Christmas orders. J

of lightning,” Mr. Byrne reported

2 their|the ‘area but failed to locate thei Employ oes of tates a nd {intruder He-was described by Mr: political subdivisions are no COV" | Bryne as “tall, about 180 pounds, {ered by thé re-employment pro-iand very, very fast.” i visions of the Selective Service| Nr Bye later | told police that] ; : the first realize: e wasn't alone Act of 1048, John W. Rogers, , "re when he heard a refield representative of the Bureau so, nding crash in the front.

| of Veterans’ Re-employment| The burglar, he réfiofted. -

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Some states have adopted log- access to the jewelry—tossing a islation or personnel policies in-| eR Haugh ig Widows suriog their employess the same ar Wo Shots } rights as those employed by the| “I fired two shots from my, government or by private indus- | trusty 32-caliber automatic,” Mr. | try, However, in some instances, |BYTne said. “I may have wounded Hy ; him but I can’t say for sure.” |!

states have no such laws. Taking stock of his mer-| Fleld representatives of the chandise, Mr. Byrne reported

: | missing three watches valued at Regularl Bureau of Veterans’ Re-employ-| m5 # 20 y ment Rights have been instructed More thay $200 and “one very is to ask Stats Re-employment| “PF” Srglar.t $39.50 Rights committees to bring this = matter to the attention of Sopro- IU Professor to Aid * Value

priate state officials in time for 1949 legislation, Mr. Rogers said. Steelman for 2 Weeks

Times State Service

BLOOMINGTON, Dec. 21 \ Santa Gets Request Prof. Robert C. Turner of the ® Platform Rocke: To Give His All ~ {indiana -University School - gf & LOCKS id any position you GOSHEN, Ind.. Dee. 21 (UP) | Business will serve as economic choose! Choice of covers! Santa Claus got this letter today|adviser’ to John R. Steelman, i ® End Table

in his mailbox at the Goshen|assistant to the President, for the fj Nicely styled. Walnut ‘fin.

out: With yesterday, for good and{ ~~ ~~ Fs “wi WChamber of Commerce: ..... DeXt two weeks. ~~ So ish!’ . ms Rr Susiness, had foi./choice grades. Others held steady |duarterly dividend of 25 cents per “pear Santa—I am 29 years) Prof. Turner was in asstatint ® Table Lamp * : lowed pricing policies which re-|2t $5.50 to $&50 for common and Share on common Stock has been old, single and sentimental. All I in the - President's executive Ching base. a4 tractive sulted in much lower profits than medium grades. ’ {declared by dffectors of Cummins; want for Christmas is Santa Offices more than & year prior § shade! ? 1 Estimates of receipts were ngs, | Engine Co., Inc. here, Payment Claus himself.” It was unsigned,|!0 becoming an IU faculty :

he recognized the handwriting. |Was on the-War Production.Board J... = er ang, has been associated with the ig ~.-j Civilian Production Administra-|

We Local Produce ‘| ae so Poultry— Powis, 4% lbs. amd aver, 20c:|

funder _4% Ibs, and Leghorns, 348. springfers and roastérs, J0c; Leghorn ripe! 25¢; cocks, 17c; stags, 20¢; No. 2 poultry 4c less than h ¥ ” 1 Eggs--Current receipis—54 the: to onse.. ecu A medtim 8c; Tirade H Iarge, 1380; Grade A small 39c, and no grade, 1300. ’

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TONIGHT ‘AND TOMORROW-=ihe weatherman says winter

| the Great Plains and the Rockies as cold Canadian air invades the central United States. By dawn. © GRAIN DEALERS tomorrow the mercury will tumble well below zero in the Dakotas, Minnesota, Montana and Wyom- | MUTUAL AGENCY, INC ing. The effect of the new cold outbreak will be felt as far south as Kansas and the new colder eg . | frend will continue into the Plains and toward the Ohio Valley tomorrow, The: front from Michigan WAbash 2486 fo Kansas and over into Montana shows how far this cold air will travel tonight. 0

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ing it. The cigar set his clothes] re. ‘Ray North, of the same residence, received minor burns ‘when he beat out the flames.

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